function date_parse(date) {
  //  discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/date_parse/
  // original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  //  depends on: strtotime
  //   example 1: date_parse('2006-12-12 10:00:00.5');
  //   returns 1: {year : 2006, month: 12, day: 12, hour: 10, minute: 0, second: 0, fraction: 0.5, warning_count: 0, warnings: [], error_count: 0, errors: [], is_localtime: false}

  // BEGIN REDUNDANT
  this.php_js = this.php_js || {};
  // END REDUNDANT

  var ts,
    warningsOffset = this.php_js.warnings ? this.php_js.warnings.length : null,
    errorsOffset = this.php_js.errors ? this.php_js.errors.length : null;

  try {
    // Allow strtotime to return a decimal (which it normally does not)
    this.php_js.date_parse_state = true;
    ts = this.strtotime(date);
    this.php_js.date_parse_state = false;
  } finally {
    if (!ts) {
      return false;
    }
  }

  var dt = new Date(ts * 1000);

  var retObj = {
    // Grab any new warnings or errors added (not implemented yet in strtotime()); throwing warnings, notices, or errors could also be easily monitored by using 'watch' on this.php_js.latestWarning, etc. and/or calling any defined error handlers
    warning_count: warningsOffset !== null ? this.php_js.warnings.slice(warningsOffset)
      .length : 0,
    warnings: warningsOffset !== null ? this.php_js.warnings.slice(warningsOffset) : [],
    error_count: errorsOffset !== null ? this.php_js.errors.slice(errorsOffset)
      .length : 0,
    errors: errorsOffset !== null ? this.php_js.errors.slice(errorsOffset) : []
  };
  retObj.year = dt.getFullYear();
  retObj.month = dt.getMonth() + 1;
  retObj.day = dt.getDate();
  retObj.hour = dt.getHours();
  retObj.minute = dt.getMinutes();
  retObj.second = dt.getSeconds();
  retObj.fraction = parseFloat('0.' + dt.getMilliseconds());
  retObj.is_localtime = dt.getTimezoneOffset() !== 0;

  return retObj;
}